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It is not possible to fully disaggregate UK aid to Gaza from our total support to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). For example, our financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA), via a World Bank Trust Fund, helps pay for basic services and salaries of public sector workers in both Gaza and the West Bank. In addition, our support to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) helps provide basic services, such as education, healthcare and social services, to Palestinian refugees across the OPTs and the Middle East.The UK does not provide any support, either directly or indirectly, to the de facto authorities in Gaza. Under European Union and British legislation it is illegal to provide financial assistance to Hamas.The following table shows, for each of the last five financial years, how much aid the UK provided to the PA, UNRWA, OPTs-wide projects that included a Gaza component, and humanitarian aid and funding for early recovery work to Gaza.<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><TR><TD>UK aid intervention</TD><TD>2010-11</TD><TD>2009-10</TD><TD>2008-09</TD><TD>2007-08</TD><TD>2006-07</TD></TR><TR><TD>Financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority (benefitting both Gaza and the west bank)</TD><TD>£30 million through World Bank Trust Fund</TD><TD>£38.5 million through World Bank Trust Fund</TD><TD>£23.5 million through World Bank Trust Fund</TD><TD>£38.45 million (£3 million through Temporary International Mechanism; £15.45 million through PEGASE; £20 million through World Bank Trust Fund)</TD><TD>£11.875 million through Temporary International Mechanism</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Financial assistance to UNRWA (unless otherwise stated, this is core funding spent across the OPTs Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan</TD><TD>£27 million core funding</TD><TD>£19.93 million core funding plus £5 million specifically for education in Gaza</TD><TD>£19 million core funding</TD><TD>£15.6 million core funding</TD><TD>£15 million core funding</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Projects across the OPTs with Gaza component</TD><TD>£1.47 million</TD><TD>£1.07 million</TD><TD>£0.63 million</TD><TD>—</TD><TD>£51,000</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Humanitarian aid and early recovery work (Gaza only)</TD><TD>£5.2 million</TD><TD>£11.9 million</TD><TD>£13.3 million</TD><TD>£3 million</TD><TD>£0.23 million</TD></TR></Table> |